William Appleton

William Appleton (daguerreotype, ca.1852)

William Appleton (born November 16, 1786 in Brookfield , Worcester County , Massachusetts , †  February 15, 1862 in Brookline , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1851 and 1861 he twice represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Appleton was a cousin of Congressman Nathan Appleton (1779–1861). He attended schools in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. In the meantime he worked as a shop clerk in Temple, New Hampshire. In 1807 he moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he worked in commerce. He was also involved in the banking industry. From 1832 to 1836 he headed the Boston branch of the United States Bank . Politically, Appleton became a member of the Whig Party .

In the congressional election of 1850 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Samuel Atkins Eliot on March 4, 1851 . After re-election in the fifth district, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1855 . These were shaped by the events leading up to the civil war . In the years 1854 and 1856 he applied unsuccessfully for his stay in or his return to Congress.

In the 1860 election , Appleton was re-elected to Congress as a unionist in his state's fifth district. There he replaced Ansom Burlingame on March 4, 1861 . However, he was only able to exercise his mandate until his health-related resignation on September 27, 1861. This time was overshadowed by the civil war that had broken out. William Appleton died in Brookline on February 15, 1862 and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery , Cambridge .

Web links

• William Appleton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Appleton in the database of Find a Grave (English)